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GE Digital GridOS vs Novity

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GE Digital GridOS

Energy

Advanced distribution management for the modern grid

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Novity

Energy

Hybrid physics and machine learning prognostics that estimate remaining useful life for process equipment

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: GE Digital GridOS no pricing plans, tiers, or costs are published on the website; Novity novity is a small venture-backed company with a strategic investor rather than a profitable business, so continuity risk is real and the Tokyo Gas investment signals a likely eventual acquisition that would reset the roadmap.
  • They diverge on capability: GE Digital GridOS covers ADMS, Novity covers TruPrognostics engine.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which GE Digital GridOS and Novity actually diverge.

Attributes where GE Digital GridOS and Novity differ
AttributeGE Digital GridOSNovity
PlatformsWeb, On-premise, ApiWeb, Cloud
Founded1892Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Energy).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in GE Digital GridOS

  • ADMS
  • DERMS
  • Outage management
  • SCADA
  • Volt/VAR optimization
  • FLISR
  • Network modeling
  • Grid analytics

Only in Novity

  • TruPrognostics engine
  • Cold-start modelling
  • Fault mode diagnosis
  • Remaining useful life
  • Existing sensor reuse
  • Recommended actions
  • Historian connectors
  • Asset class libraries

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

GE Digital GridOS

  • Grid modernizationnot Novity
  • DER integrationnot Novity
  • Outage restorationnot Novity
  • Grid optimizationnot Novity
  • Renewable integrationnot Novity

Novity

  • A gas processing plant that needs a defensible time-to-failure number before deferring a turnaroundnot GE Digital GridOS
  • An LNG terminal with critical compressors and no run-to-failure history to train a conventional modelnot GE Digital GridOS
  • A wastewater operator whose existing vibration alarms are ignored because they carry no severity or horizonnot GE Digital GridOS
  • A generator operator supplying data centre load where an unplanned trip carries contractual penaltiesnot GE Digital GridOS

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

GE Digital GridOS

  • No pricing plans, tiers, or costs are published on the website
  • Requires direct contact with utility software experts for pricing inquiries

Novity

  • Novity is a small venture-backed company with a strategic investor rather than a profitable business, so continuity risk is real and the Tokyo Gas investment signals a likely eventual acquisition that would reset the roadmap.
  • Physics-based models must be configured per equipment class, so each new asset type is an engineering engagement rather than a configuration screen, and rollout speed is limited by Novitys own capacity.
  • Prognostics depend on the quality and sampling rate of your historian data; plants recording ten-minute averages will not get useful remaining-useful-life estimates without new instrumentation.
  • Nothing about pricing is published and there is no self-service entry point, so evaluation always starts with a sales-led pilot on a handful of assets.
  • The deployment footprint is concentrated in oil and gas, LNG and water, so reference customers and pre-built asset models outside those industries are limited.

Pricing, plan by plan

GE Digital GridOS

On request
  • ADMS$undefined/custom
    • Distribution management
    • Outage management
    • SCADA integration
  • DERMS$undefined/custom
    • DER management
    • Virtual power plant
    • Grid flexibility
  • Enterprise Suite$undefined/custom
    • Full ADMS + DERMS
    • Analytics platform
    • Digital twin

Novity

On request
  • TruPrognostics$undefined/year
    • Quoted per asset class and monitored equipment count
    • Model configuration and commissioning quoted as a project
    • Typically an annual subscription tied to a pilot then a rollout

Which should you pick?

Choose GE Digital GridOS if

  • You need adms.
  • You work on Web, On-premise, Api.
  • You also want derms.
GE Digital GridOS review

Choose Novity if

  • You need truprognostics engine.
  • You work on Web, Cloud.
  • You also want cold-start modelling.
Novity review

Questions people ask

Is GE Digital GridOS or Novity better?
Neither clearly leads. GE Digital GridOS starts at On request and Novity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, GE Digital GridOS or Novity?
GE Digital GridOS starts at On request and Novity at On request.
Does GE Digital GridOS or Novity run on more platforms?
GE Digital GridOS runs on Web, On-premise, Api. Novity runs on Web, Cloud.
What is GE Digital GridOS best used for?
GE Digital GridOS is most often used for grid modernization, der integration, outage restoration, grid optimization. Of those, grid modernization and der integration are not what Novity is typically brought in for.
What can GE Digital GridOS do that Novity cannot?
GE Digital GridOS covers ADMS, DERMS, Outage management, SCADA. Novity covers TruPrognostics engine, Cold-start modelling, Fault mode diagnosis, Remaining useful life.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

GE Digital GridOS: How does GridOS publish pricing information?

GridOS does not disclose pricing on its website. Interested parties are directed to 'Connect with a utility software expert' through a contact form for pricing discussions.

Source
Novity: What does Novity actually output?

A named failure mode and an estimated remaining useful life with a confidence band, not just an anomaly alert.

GE Digital GridOS: What is GridOS' licensing model?

GridOS' licensing model and pricing details are not published on publicly available pages. Custom quotes are required based on utility software implementation needs.

Source
Novity: Do we need failure history to train it?

No. The physics component is what lets it produce useful prognostics on equipment with little or no run-to-failure data.

Novity: Do we need new sensors?

Often not. It reads from your existing historian, but low sampling rates or missing measurements can require additional instrumentation.

Novity: Who backs the company?

It was spun out of Xerox PARC and took a strategic investment from Acario Innovation, the venture arm of Tokyo Gas, in 2026.

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